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(01/29/15 7:56pm)
The men’s basketball team won two games on Saturday and Tuesday to continue their winning streak of 13 games, tying the program record. After coming through in a close game in Allentown, Pa. against Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays hosted McDaniel and once again picked up another win. The pair of victories brings the team’s season record to 16-2 and 10-1 in the Centennial Conference.
(12/04/14 8:57pm)
After a tough loss to Franklin & Marshall last week, the men's basketball team traveled to Gettysburg on Tuesday to dominate the host team with a 68-52 win that brought them to 4-2 for the season.
(11/20/14 8:42pm)
(11/13/14 8:12pm)
The last time the Sacramento Kings played in a playoff game, Thunder forward Kevin Durant was still in high school. The Kings own the second longest active playoff drought of eight seasons, dating back to 2006. So any success the team finds is, with good reason, met with skepticism. But this season looks like it could be different. The Kings own a relatively impressive 5-3 record, good for the fifth seed in the brutally tough Western Conference. Until a strange loss against the injury-ridden Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, the Kings managed to go on a five-game winning streak against some formidable opponents like the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets. Last season, the Kings had an abysmal record of 28-54 despite some impressive individual statistics. DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins, the erratic franchise centerpiece, was doing "Boogie" things, posting career highs in minutes, points, rebounds, assists, steals and field goal percentage. His stat line of 22.7 points and 11.7 rebounds was topped by just one player: Cavs forward Kevin Love. But he was still considered immature, with a league-high 16 technical fouls. Traded mid-season, forward Rudy Gay had a revival of sorts, averaging 20.1 points per game. Guard Isaiah Thomas was turning into a promising player, with 20.3 points and 6.3 assists per game. So when the team lost Thomas to the up and coming Suns, with just guard Darren Collison to replace him, they were expected to, if anything, just regress further. Now, they look to be once again in the running for the post-season. Cousins looks like he is maturing (finally) into the team leader. He has vowed that he will cut his technical fouls to just five for the season. During the FIBA World Cup, Cousins took a hard elbow from Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas, which he took exception to, and almost retaliated. Almost. A year ago, Valanciunas might have been holding a bag of ice over his eye. Cousins is celebrating for his teammates from the bench, and even calming the coach down over his foul call. Is this real life? Not to mention that he's also producing. He's been averaging 23.0 points and 11.1 rebounds over just 30 minutes of playing time. He's actually playing consistent defense, and has generally looked unstoppable. Gay, whose last two teams have thrived more in his departure than with him, is playing efficient basketball and simply sinking a lot of buckets. He's averaging 22.3 points, including an incredible 40-point performance over the greatly improved Blazers defense. He might just be able to play up to his $19 million contract. (Okay, maybe not.) Collison, unlike Thomas, is the pass-first point guard that the trigger-happy duo of Gay and Cousins need. Collison is playing the best basketball of his life, hitting clutch pull-up jumpers over Clippers guard Chris Paul and his old team. While his 40 percent field goal percentage still leaves much to be desired, his 14.7 points and 6.3 assists may be more than what even the Kings themselves were looking for. The team has a relatively nice mixture of young players like rookie Nik Stauskas and guard Ben McLemore, and veterans like forwards Reggie Evans and Carl Landry. Landry is coming into form after some disappointing seasons sitting on the bench with injuries. Stauskas has had a disappointing start but is a proven commodity who will find his place on the team. New owner Vivek Ranadivé and the front office want to win now. Ranadivé is an enthusiastic owner, sometimes to his own detriment; he's made suggestions of playing 4-on-5 defense with a cherry-picker. They've been trying to trade for Celtics guard Rajon Rondo and Pistons forward Josh Smith for some time, and recent rumors suggest Rondo might be going to the Kings in a mid-season trade. Any team that's trying to trade for Smith is a team that is desperate for some wins. And for Sacramento, that might not be all that bad. No one's saying the Kings are going to be the 2015 NBA Champions. They won’t be. But with the Thunder's misfortunes and a few under-performing teams, they just might be able to slip into the playoffs with the eight seed. Considering the disappointment that the Sacramento Kings have been over the last decade, that's better news than anyone could have hoped for.
(10/30/14 7:00pm)
After clinching a spot in the upcoming Centennial Conference Tournament last Wednesday, the Hopkins women's soccer team won both of their games this week to improve their conference record to 9-0 and overall record to 15-2-0. On Saturday, the Lady Jays traveled to Bryn Mawr in hopes of a win that would secure a first-round bye in the conference tournament. "Our strategies are to score early and often and come out strong from the start," junior midfielder Issy Berkey said. Hopkins was able to do exactly that when senior forward Sydney Teng tallied two goals in quick succession to put the Lady Jays up 2-0 in five minutes. Sophomore forward Ana Bengoechea commented on the importance of Teng's play in securing the victory. "[Teng's] two goals in the first five minutes were crucial for our overall success because it gave us the confidence we needed to build on our attack," Bengochea said. The Lady Jays never let their foot off the pedal after their quick 2-0 lead, impressively adding two more goals just in the first half. Just eight minutes after Teng's two strikes, Berkey stole the ball from a Bryn Mawr midfielder and passed a through ball to senior forward Hannah Kronick, who scored the third goal of the game in the 13th minute. The goal was Kronick's 12th of the season. Not long after, Bengoechea added to the barrage of goals, scoring the fourth goal for the Lady Jays and stretching the lead to 4-0. Kronick received the ball from the right of the goal and passed it to Bengoechea as she ran in front of her. Bengoechea was able to convert from there, hitting it first touch off her left foot. "My goal was an overall team effort," Bengoechea said. Kronick's assist tied her for the conference all-time career assists record with 35. After a bombardment of goals in the first half, the second half was relatively more quiet for the Lady Jays, with just one goal from sophomore midfielder Alexa Rangecroft, who made a great impact with three shots. The goal was Rangecroft's first of the season. Hopkins could pride themselves in their defensive execution as much as their offense, as they did not let a single Bryn Mawr shot into the back of the net. Freshman goalkeeper Bess Kitzmiller had a great performance in her first career start. "It was really exciting to get my first career start," Kitzmiller said. "I’m grateful that I was given the opportunity to help my team out in the goal." While Kitzmiller played her role perfectly by making two saves and allowing no goals, it was also the Lady Jays' defense that kept the opponents to just two shots. "I have to credit the defense and the entire team for keeping the game scoreless," Kitzmiller said. "We did a great job possessing the ball and gave Bryn Mawr very few scoring opportunities." After an incredible performance at Bryn Mawr, Hopkins traveled to Westminster to play yet another conference opponent in the McDaniel Green Terror. The Lady Jays again started the match in great form, taking control of the match with three first-half goals. "The first-half goals in the past two games were very important for us," Kronick said. "We have made it a team objective to come out as hard as possible in the first half and get the job done." Sophomore midfielder Vania Ludman started off the scoring with a goal off a corner, her first goal of the season. The second goal was again off of a corner, as senior midfielder Alyssa Conti headed the ball into the back of the net. Kronick made her mark in the game with yet another assist, passing the ball to junior midfielder Hope Lundberg who scored to increase the Hopkins lead to 3-0 just in the first half. Kronick's assist gives her the conference record with 36. "I enjoy setting up my teammates for them to score goals," Kronick said. "I just try to put myself and my teammates in the best positions to help the team score." The second half was less successful, with Hopkins going scoreless, but the Lady Jays still held on, allowing just one McDaniel goal with a compact defensive strategy that barely allowed the Green Terror any room to work with in the offensive half of the field. Hopkins carries a 13-game winning streak into Saturday when they will host Gettysburg in the final match of the regular season. The game is slated to start at 1 p.m. at Homewood Field.
(10/16/14 7:58pm)
On Oct. 6, the NBA announced the much anticipated, lucrative national TV deals with ESPN and TNT that will come into effect for the 2016-2017 season. The new deals, which last through the 2024-2025 season, will pay the NBA $2.66 billion annually, a massive increase that triples the $930 million of the current deal.
(10/09/14 7:53pm)
On Saturday, the Hopkins men's and women's cross country teams raced in the Paul Short Invitational, a prestigious tournament with a competitive field of many of the nation's most elite runners. The meet was split into three races: Gold, Brown and White, with Gold being the most competitive. Both the men's and women's teams competed in the Gold race, finishing 30th and 10th, respectively.
(09/25/14 8:00pm)
The Hopkins women’s tennis team played in the ITA Southeast Regional this weekend and had historic success. The Lady Jays, who had never won more than three draws in a regional championship, were able to win five draws, including the championship singles draw.
(09/18/14 9:58pm)
It was a disappointing weekend for the women's field hockey team who took two tough home losses. The Lady Jays now carry a 3-3 record on the season after a roaring start.
(09/04/14 2:33pm)
After capturing the first Centennial Conference title in Hopkins history last season, the men’s cross country team was right back on track, beginning the season with two dominant wins.
(05/01/14 2:07pm)
On Saturday, a surging men’s tennis team ended the regular season with two wins over NC Wesleyan and Washington College in split-squad matches, extending its impressive win streak to eight consecutive matches. The Jays remained undefeated in the Centennial Conference and have now won an inconceivable 74 consecutive conference matches. Hopkins goes into the postseason with an overall record of 16-4 and a 9-0 conference record.
(04/24/14 6:40pm)
Starting with a sweep over Franklin & Marshall at home, the men’s tennis team has cruised to a remarkable six-match winning streak over the past two weeks. Last weekend, Hopkins hosted Swarthmore on Friday, battling to a 6-3 win, and won both of their matches with ease on Saturday. Their record boosted to 14-4 on the season and 8-0 in the conference.
(04/17/14 7:27pm)
This season, the Hopkins men’s tennis team has bested all of their conference play opponents, and this Saturday was no different. Last week’s matches ended on a high note; after going 1-2 in the weekend matches, the Blue Jays swept Centennial Conference opponent Franklin & Marshall to improve their undefeated conference record to 4-0. Hopkins was able to carry their momentum to Haverford on Saturday to prevail yet again with a 9-0 sweep in the matches.
(04/10/14 7:18pm)
With their three matches on Saturday and a sweep on Tuesday, the Hopkins men’s tennis team maintained their fifth rank, progressing to a 9-4 overall record.